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Marseilles

Main port of France, birthplace of scuba diving, rich of several archaeological shipwrecks both inland and underwater, and headquarters of the Department of underwater archaeological researches (DRASSM), Marseilles features remarkable cultural facilities such as the Museum of Europe and Mediterranean Civilizations (MuCEM) and the new History Museum of Marseilles with its exceptional collection of ancient shipwrecks. Named as European Capital of Culture in 2013, Marseilles was able to enhance its heritage and renew its facilities and equipment to make it a perfect host location. More info…

MuCEM

The Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MuCEM) (French: Musée des Civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée) is a national museum located in Marseilles, France. It was inaugurated on 7 June 2013 as part of Marseille-Provence 2013, a year when Marseilles was designated as the European Capital of Culture.

The museum is devoted to European and Mediterranean civilisations. With a permanent collection charting historical and cultural cross-fertilisation in the Mediterranean basin, it takes an interdisciplinary approach to society through the ages up to modern times. The museum is built on reclaimed land at the entrance to the harbour, next to the site of the 17th-century Fort Saint-Jean and a former port terminal called the J4. A channel separates the new building and the Fort Saint-Jean, which has been restructured as part of the project. The two sites are linked by a high footbridge, 130 m (430 ft) long. Another footbridge links the Fort Saint-Jean to the Esplanade de la Tourette, near the church of St Laurent in the Panier quarter. More info…

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Organisators & Partners

The 15th ISBSA is organised by the Centre Camille Jullian a research unit of the University of Aix-Marseille (Aix-Marseille Université, AMU), the French National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS), the French Ministry of Culture (Ministère de la Culture) and the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives, INRAP), which is specialised in Mediterranean Archaeology and History from the Protohistory to the Late Antiquity, together with the MuCEM (Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée) the DRASSM (Département des Recherches Archéologiques Sous-Marines et Subaquatiques) and the MdAa (Musée départemental Arles antique).

It benefits of the support of the laboratory of excellence of the Amidex Foundation LabexMed - "Human and social sciences at the heart of interdisciplinarity for the Mediterranean” (10-LABX-0090) and of the Ipso Facto Coop. of Marseilles.

It will be hosted by the MuCEM in Marseilles and by the MdAa in Arles.